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The Origin of Tyranny

Note 708 — Chapter V · Lydia

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Lydie, p. 134; cp. Nic. Dam. F.H.G. III. pp. 396, 397, fr. 63, 65; Ael. V.H. III. 26. The Ephesian connexion is (pace Radet) only attested for the later rulers of Gyges’ house. Cp. Gelzer, Rhein. Mus. XXXV. p. 521. Cp. too with the attempt to poison Cadys the attempt to poison Croesus, Plut. de Pyth. Orac. 16 (Mor. 401).

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